Michael Guy Chislett
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Michael Guy Chislett (born 6 April 1982) is an Australian born musician and producer.
He was the lead guitarist of The Academy Is... and is now a member of Hillsong United, a Hillsong Church worship band.
Personal life
Chislett was born in Skipton, Victoria, a small country town in Australia, on April 6, 1982. The majority of his family later moved to Sydney, where he attended Cherrybrook Technology High School. He dropped out in Year 10 in order to spend more time on music. He and the Newcastle band Paperadio moved to London in 2003. He migrated to Los Angeles a few months later.
Elliott (born 2014) and Ruby (born 2016) are his two children, and they are married to Naomi.
Chislett is a vegetarian.
Career
Chislett has played guitar on all Hillsong United albums excluding Look to You (2005) and Aftermath: Live in Miami (2012). These albums include 2019's People and 2015's Empires, for which he was also the album's producer.
In the United States, People sold 107,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, debuting at No. 2 on the mainstream Billboard 200 chart (dated 2 May). Being their third top ten appearance on Billboard 200, the album is the highest ranking appearance for Hillsong United on the chart, beating out the No. 5 debuts by 2015's Empires and 2013's Zion, while breaking their best sales week record, formerly held by Empires. People registered at No. 1 on Billboard's Christian albums chart, and won the Dove Award for 2019 Worship Album of year.
In 2013, Chislett came back to Hillsong United full-time to produce the 2013 album Zion. He then became current full-time touring member and producer for Hillsong United.
Chislett was the lead guitarist of Chicago rock band the Academy Is..., replacing Tom Conrad in late 2006. He played and co-wrote music for the albums Santi and Fast Times at Barrington High.
Prior to joining the Academy Is..., Chislett played in Butch Walker's band. He toured with Walker in 2005 and 2006. He appeared on the studio album The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites and the live DVD Live at Budokan.
Chislett wrote music and played guitar in the band 1969, whose line-up is completed by Butch Walker and drummer Darren Dodd (The Let's-Go-Out-Tonites, Electric South). 1969's debut album, Maya, was released on 1 April 2008.
Chislett also played guitar in Pistol Youth with Brad Carter from Steriogram. Pistol Youth's Smiling can backfire EP was released digitally in early 2008.
Chislett played guitar for Brooke Fraser's Flags tour and is featured on her music video "Coachella".
Chislett has his own production company, Skipton Productions, Inc., which was established in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2008.